NAME: ________________________ DATE:________________________
History: The Super-Powers and the Cold War: 1945-1991
History
The Super-Powers and the Cold War: 1945 -1991
It is not necessary to carry out all the activities contained in this unit.
Please see Teachers’ Notes for explanations, additional activities, and
tips and suggestions.
Theme
All students:
The Super-Powers and the Cold War: 1945-1991
Keywords
Vocabulary File
Activities that are suitable for
Learning Support, Language
Support and the Mainstream
Subject Class include:
Learning support and
Language support:
Activities suitable for students
receiving Learning or
Language Support include:
Activating Students’
Existing Knowledge
4-5
6
Completing Sentences
12
Multiple Choice
13
Writing
14
Wordsearch
17
Working with words
7
Picture Sentences
8
Odd One Out
9
History Keywords
10
Unscramble the letters
11
Alphaboxes
16
Play Snap
Language support:
3
Vocabulary
18-20
15
Additional activities for
Language Support:
Levels for Language
Support
A1 – B1 The language level of each activity is
indicated in an information box.
Learning focus
Using History textbooks and accessing curriculum
content and learning activities.
Acknowledgement
The English Language Support Programme
acknowledges the permission of Gill and Macmillan
to reproduce excerpts from History Revision for
Junior Certificate by Desmond O’ Leary.
Note: The categorisation of activities is indicative only and should not prevent
teachers from using any activities that are considered suitable for a particular group
of students.
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NAME: ________________________ DATE:________________________
History: The Super-Powers and the Cold War: 1945-1991
Making the best use of these units
Learning Record
A copy of the Learning Record should be distributed to each learning support and
language support student.
Students should:
1.
2.
3.
4.
Write the subject and topic on the record.
Tick off/date the different statements as they complete activities.
Keep the record in their files along with the work produced for this unit.
Use this material to support mainstream subject learning.
Introduction of a topic or activity should ensure that students understand what they
are doing and why. Many students will have some difficulty in understanding both
the language in the activity and the instructions/purpose for carrying out the activity.
You can create your personal teaching resource by printing these units in full and
filing them by subject in a large ring binder.
Encourage students to:
o
o
Bring the relevant subject textbooks to learning/language support
class. It does not matter if they have different textbooks as the
activities in these units refer to vocabulary and other items that will be
found in all subject textbooks. These units are based on curriculum
materials.
Take some responsibility for their own learning programmes by:
Developing a personal dictionary for different subjects,
topics, and other categories of language, on an on-going basis. This
prompt is a reminder.
Recording what they have learnt on the Learning
Record, which should be distributed at the start of
each unit.
Keeping their own files with good examples of the work
produced for different subjects and topics. This file will be
an invaluable learning resource in supporting
mainstream learning.
Indicates that answers may be found at the end of
the unit.
Don’t forget that many of the activities in these units are also suitable as homework
tasks or for self-study.
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NAME: ________________________ DATE:________________________
History: The Super-Powers and the Cold War: 1945-1991
Keywords
The list of keywords for this unit is as follows:
Nouns
authority
base
blockade
capitalism
coal
communism
community
crises
doctrine
market
member
membership
missile
operation
production
proposal
state
superpower
tension
union
unity
zone
De Gaulle
EEC
Europe
France
Germany
Korea
Khrushchev
Luxembourg
Maastricht
Marshall
Stalin
The USSR
Verbs
agree (to)
announce
expand
negotiate
rebuild
rebuild
Adjectives
Proper nouns
(names of people and places)
Berlin
Cuba
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agricultural
cold
democratic
European
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NAME: ________________________ DATE:________________________
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Vocabulary file 1
Word
Meaning
Note or example*
communist
cold
democratic
capitalism
tension
crisis
* You may wish to write a sentence or phrase, make a note of the page in your
textbook where this word appears or, if English is not your home language,
provide a translation into your language.
Get your teacher to check this and then file it in your folder
so you can use it in the future.
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Vocabulary file 2
Word
Meaning
Note or example
international
steel
production
tension
missiles
community
Get your teacher to check this and then file it in your folder
so you can use it in the future.
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NAME: ________________________ DATE:________________________
History: The Super-Powers and the Cold War: 1945-1991
Language Level: all
Type of activity: whole class
Suggested time: 10 minutes
Activating students’ existing knowledge
Use a spidergram to activate students’ ideas and knowledge on the key points
in this chapter. See Teachers’ Notes for suggestions.
Possible key terms for the spidergram:
Communism
Capitalism
The EU
Invite newcomer students to provide key words in their own languages.
Encourage dictionary use.
Encourage all students to organise their vocabulary into relevant
categories (e.g. meaning, nouns, keywords, verbs etc.).
All students should record vocabulary and terms from
the spidergram in their personal dictionaries.
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NAME: ________________________ DATE:________________________
History: The Super-Powers and the Cold War: 1945-1991
Language Level: A1
Type of activity: pairs or individual
Suggested time: 30 minutes
Working with words
1. Can you name these countries? Use your textbooks to help you.
a) Ireland
b) Cuba
c) Korea
d) Germany
a) Ireland
b) Cuba
c) Korea
d) Germany
2. Find these words in your textbook.
Write your own explanation for these words. Then write a note or
example to help you remember each word. Use your textbook or a
dictionary if necessary.
Word
Page in
textbook
Explanation
Note or
example
capitalism
communism
blockade
missile
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NAME: ________________________ DATE:________________________
History: The Super-Powers and the Cold War: 1945-1991
Language Level: A1
Type of activity: pairs or individual
Suggested time: 30 minutes
Sentences
1. Join a word on the left with a word on the right. Use your
history textbook to help you.
Berlin
Cold
Iron
Korean
Cuban
Western
Allies
Curtain
War
Blockade
War
Missile Crisis
2. Put these words in the correct order to form sentences about
Germany after World War 11.
divided /the Allied powers/ Germany/ into/ separate zones/ four
_______________________________________________________
separate sectors/ Berlin/ was divided /four/ into
_______________________________________________________
developed /serious differences/ the USSR/ between/ and other Allies
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NAME: ________________________ DATE:________________________
History: The Super-Powers and the Cold War: 1945-1991
Language Level: A1/A2
Type of activity: pairs or individual
Suggested time: 20 minutes
Odd One Out
1. Circle the word which does not fit with the other words in
each line.
Example:
apple
orange
banana
taxi
communism
Cuba
blockade
Ireland
France
South
North
Korea
ally
friend
enemy
supporter
Truman
Gorbachev
Eisenhower
Reagan
missile
weapon
flag
bomb
2. Find these words in your textbook. Then put them in short sentences
in your own words. Use a dictionary if necessary.
to negotiate_____________________________________________
to
expand _____________________________________________
to rebuild _____________________________________________
to
agree
_____________________________________________
to produce _____________________________________________
Check that these key words are in your personal dictionary.
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NAME: ________________________ DATE:________________________
History: The Super-Powers and the Cold War: 1945-1991
Language Level: A2 / B1
Type of activity: individual
Suggested time: 20 minutes
History Keywords
1. Fill in the missing letters of the keywords listed below.
On the line beside each word, write whether the word is a noun, an
adjective or a verb.
K_r_a_
_is_ _le
u_i_n
t_ea_y
G_rm_n_
bl_ck_ d_
________________
________________
________________
________________
________________
________________
2. Write as many words as possible related to this unit. You have 3
minutes!
_______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
______________________________________________________
Check that these key words are in your personal dictionary.
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NAME: ________________________ DATE:________________________
History: The Super-Powers and the Cold War: 1945-1991
Language Level: A1 / A2
Type of activity: pairs or individual
Suggested time: 20 minutes
Unscramble the letters
1.
A German city
BRELNI
Answer __________________
2.
A communist country
CBAU
Answer __________________
3.
A type of weapon
MSISLEI
Answer __________________
4.
A type of bomb
NCULARE
Answer __________________
Solve the secret code
English B C D E
Code B X Y F
F
G
I N M O
Q R O L
S
E
T U
A W
example: EAWYFRA = STUDENT
BLOB _________________________
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NAME: ________________________ DATE:________________________
History: The Super-Powers and the Cold War: 1945-1991
Language Level: A2 / B1
Type of activity: pairs or individual
Suggested time: 30 minutes
Completing sentences
Fill in the blanks in these sentences. Use words from the Word Box
below.
The Cold War
1. The period from the Berlin blockade (1949) until the ______ of
communism (1990) is known as the 'Cold War'.
2. During this time the USA and the USSR built up (i) huge _______
forces and (ii) vast quantities of atomic weapons.
3. They competed in a 'space _____ '.
4. They also backed _____ factions in Africa, the Middle East and SouthEast Asia.
5. Sometimes they became actively involved in ______, e.g. the USA in
Korea (1950-3) and Vietnam (1961-75) and the USSR in Afghanistan
(1979-88).
Word Box
military
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conflict
opposing
collapse
race
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NAME: ________________________ DATE:________________________
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Language Level: A2 / B1
Type of activity: individual
Suggested time: 40 minutes
Multiple choice
Read the text below and choose the best answers.
In 1957 the members of the ECSC signed the Treaty of Rome and formed the
European Economic Community (EEC).
Signing the Treaty of Rome
* The EEC aimed to remove all tariff barriers between its members so that
goods, services and labour could pass freely between them.
* The EEC hoped that this would improve living standards as goods became
cheaper and increase employment as the various countries developed wider
markets for their goods.
* Europe's strengthened economy would then be able to compete with larger
economic units like the USA and USSR. Eventually the EEC might evolve into a
fully united Europe.
1. In what year did the members of the ECSC sign the treaty?
a)
1975
b)
1957
c)
1988
d)
1897
2. What did the EEC aim to remove?
a)
people
c)
tariff barriers
b)
d)
animals
income tax
3. What did the EEC hope this would improve?
a)
living standards
b)
c)
housing
d)
schools
nothing
4. Did the ECSC sign the treaty of Rome?
a)
Yes
b)
No
5. Does Europe want to compete with the USA and the USSR?
a)
Yes
b)
No
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NAME: ________________________ DATE:________________________
History: The Super-Powers and the Cold War: 1945-1991
Language Level: A2 / B1
Type of activity: individual
Suggested time: 40 minutes
Writing
Use your textbook to help you to write at least 6 sentences about the
Super-powers and the Cold War. Ask you teacher to check your work, and
then file it in your folder. Note - writing this out will help you to
remember it!
The Super-powers and the Cold War 1945 - 1991
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_______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
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Have you ticked
this activity on your
Learning Record?
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NAME: ________________________ DATE:________________________
History: The Super-Powers and the Cold War: 1945-1991
Language Level: A2/B1
Type of activity: individual
Suggested time: 30 minutes
Vocabulary building
Nationalities
1. Study the different ways we form an adjective (nationality) from a noun
(the name of the country)
Ireland/Irish
Europe/European
China/Chinese
2. Nationality quiz. Write down the correct nationality beside the name of
the country. Check your spellings carefully. Add two more countries and
nationalities to the list.
England/______
Switzerland/______
Nigeria/______
Poland/______
Latvia/______
Lithuania/______
France/______
Somalia/______
______/______
the Czech republic/______
Romania/______
Hungary/______
USA/______
Mexico/______
Bolivia/______
Japan/______
Croatia/______
______/______
3. The following people are associated with the period 1945-1991. What
nationality were they? Use your textbook to help you find out
Fidel Castro, J.F. Kennedy, Mikhail Gorbachev, Nikita
Khrushchev, Dwight Eisenhower, Mao Tse-tung, Harold
Truman, President de Gaulle, Romano Prodi
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Alphaboxes
Using your textbook, find one word beginning with each of the letters of
the alphabet. Write the word in the relevant box. You could also write the
word in your own language.
a
b
c
d
e
f
g
h
i
j
k
l
m
n
o
p
q
r
s
t
u
v
w
xyz
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Do you
understand
all these
words?
Get your
teacher to
check this,
then file it in
your folder
so you can
use it in the
future.
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Word search
Find the words from the list below.
AUTHORITY
BASE
BLOCKADE
CAPITALISM
COAL
COMMUNISM
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COMMUNITY
CRISES
DOCTRINE
MARKET
MEMBER
MEMBERSHIP
MISSILE
OPERATION
PRODUCTION
PROPOSAL
STATE
SUPERPOWER
TENSION
UNION
UNITY
ZONE
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Play Snap
Make Snap cards with 2 sets of the same keywords. See Notes for
teachers for ideas about how to use the cards.
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democratic
democratic
Korea
Korea
Cuba
Cuba
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missile
missile
communist
communist
Marshall
Marshall
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doctrine
doctrine
Berlin
Berlin
Superpower
Superpower
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Answer key
Working with words, page 7
1. c, b
Sentences, page 8
1. Berlin Blockade, Cold War, Iron Curtain, Korean War, Cuban Missile Crisis,
Western Allies
2. The Allied powers divided Germany into four separate zones.
Berlin was divided into four separate sectors.
Serious differences developed between the USSR and other Allies.
Odd one out, page 9
Ireland, France, enemy, Gorbachev, flag
Keywords, page 10
Korean (adjective), missile (noun), union (noun), treaty (noun), Germany (noun),
blockade (noun)
Unscramble the letters, page 11
Berlin, Cuba, missile, nuclear
Secret code; bomb
Completing Sentences, page 12
1. The period from the Berlin Blockade (1949) until the collapse of Communism
(1990) is known as the 'Cold War'.
2. During this time the USA and the USSR built up (i) huge military forces and
(ii) vast quantities of atomic weapons.
3. They competed in a 'space race'.
4. They also backed opposing factions in Africa, the Middle East and South-East
Asia.
5. Sometimes they became actively involved in conflicts, e.g. the USA in Korea
(1950-3) and Vietnam (1961-75) and the USSR in Afghanistan (1979-88).
Multiple Choice, page 13
1.b, 2.c,3.a, 4.a, 5.a
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NAME: ________________________ DATE:________________________
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Grammar point, page 15
2. England/English
Switzerland/Swiss
Nigeria/Nigerian
Poland/Polish
Latvia/Latvian
Lithuania/Lithuanian
France/French
Somalia/Somali
the Czech republic/Czech
Romania/Romanian
Hungary/Hungarian
USA/American
Mexico/Mexican
Bolivia/Bolivian
Japan/Japanese
Croatia/Croatian
3. Fidel Castro/Cuban, J.F. Kennedy/American, Mikhail Gorbachev/Russian,
Nikita Khrushchev/Russian, Dwight Eisenhower/American, Mao Tsetung/Chinese, Harold Truman/American, President de Gaulle/French, Romano
Prodi/Italian
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NAME: ________________________ DATE:________________________
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Word Search, page 17
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